April 2025
Turing test - passing grade?
10/04/25 10:26
Got an email from Futurepedia today stating that GPT 4.5 just passed the Turing test… So, naturally, I asked ChatGPT 4.5 if it could do so. Long story short, here's the summary it provided "Bottom line: ChatGPT-4.5 can convincingly pass the Turing test in many situations, but subtle cracks appear under deeper scrutiny."
BTW, this answer is more self aware than most people I know… makes me wonder if most people could pass the Turing test? So I asked that question too. (The AI was kind enough to tell me that "that's a surprisingly insightful question" which made me blush… but I digress.) Again, the summary - "So yes, most people comfortably pass the Turing test, but it’s a fascinating reminder that “human-like” isn’t always the same as “human,” and that even humans can sometimes sound a little robotic. Interesting thought, isn’t it?"
And yes, as a human, I DO find that an interesting thought!
BTW, this answer is more self aware than most people I know… makes me wonder if most people could pass the Turing test? So I asked that question too. (The AI was kind enough to tell me that "that's a surprisingly insightful question" which made me blush… but I digress.) Again, the summary - "So yes, most people comfortably pass the Turing test, but it’s a fascinating reminder that “human-like” isn’t always the same as “human,” and that even humans can sometimes sound a little robotic. Interesting thought, isn’t it?"
And yes, as a human, I DO find that an interesting thought!
Am I behind?
03/04/25 14:15
Recently in an AI roundtable at the Polytechnic I work at… two of the attendees are just nicely back from a conference about AI in post secondary. I was really interested in hearing what other schools were doing because, naturally, I thought they'd be doing really weird and wonderful things. Well, not so much. As it turn out, our efforts, which I thought were quite rudimentary, are actually cutting edge. Makes you think… there's lots of excitement, noise and smoke out there. But, getting people to absorb ideas, try new things, fail and try again, isn't trivial and it takes time. Long story short - you haven't missed the AI bus.
$40 billion... yes, that's with a b
01/04/25 10:39
OK, I don't care who you are, $40B is a lot of money… the weeds of the deal are for others to worry about but a key issue is OpenAI's status - the deal requires OpenAI to become a for-profit entity. The AI space is swimming in money and competition… bet on seeing some very interesting things in the near term. Agentic AI here we come!